The visiting Borussia Dortmund side should be odds-on favourites at VfL Bochum 1848, as the away side hold a 33 point edge from their 29 league games this season.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals (66) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of VfL Bochum 1848.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
6-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for VfL Bochum 1848 so far this season. When VfL Bochum 1848 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RB Leipzig, Bayern München, Union Berlin, Freiburg and Mainz 05), they have won 2 of 5 matches! Two defeats in a row at home hurts for VfL Bochum 1848, their manager Letsch and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Bochum fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion: A 1-5 defeat against Wolfsburg (placed 8th). VfL Bochum 1848 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The forward Broschinski bested all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Broschinski scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Union Berlin the opponent.A decent goal production from VfL Bochum 1848 in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Bochum are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (29 from 14 played).
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Borussia Dortmund have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far.
Borussia Dortmund won their last game, 4-0 versus Eintracht Frankfurt played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Borussia Dortmund was very dominant against Eintracht Frankfurt, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Hummels, Malen (2) and Bellingham providing the goals. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Malen and that is impressive stuff! Attacker Malen got a player rating of 8.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Malen scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Stuttgart.Observe that 9 of this club's 11 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Borussia's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Borussia Dortmund have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered result between these sides is the Borussia Dortmund - Bochum 3-0 played previously this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): VfL Bochum 1848 won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Borussia Dortmund got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brandt 8 goals |   P. Hofmann 7 goals |  Y. Moukoko 7 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 32 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 66 |
| 66 | 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 93% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 87% | 83% |
| 62% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 69% |
| 38% | 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 24% | 29% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 34% |
| 48% | 57% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 55% |
| 14% | 14% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 34% |
| 38% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.2 | 15.2 | 14.7 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 28% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | 37% |
| 15.4 | 14.5 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 15.1 | 12.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of VfL Bochum 1848.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals (66) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- VfL Bochum 1848 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 60 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 46 | 59 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 44 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Köln | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 32 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 66 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 37 | -34 | 27 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -26 | 24 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -24 | 22 |
